Site: Fana

Island: Sonsorol


Fabrics:

None (0) Minor (1) Few (2) Common (3) Frequent (4) Major (5) Very Dominant (6)
0% 0-5% 5-15% 15-30 % 30-50% 50-70% 70-100%

Name Cal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ SpinelIg./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics/ Region
tpr50 0 2 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 felsitic, vitric, microlitic
Palau grog type B/C/D 0 2 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 Carolines

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_13_17 tpr50 (Palau grog type B/C/D) Babeldoab 0 2 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 felsitic, microlitic

WD_13_17

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Sherd Fana1 from Fana (Sonsorol). Slide WD_13_17 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

'Type B' Palauan temper type; hybrid feldspathic-lithic sand temper composed of mixed volcanic and calcareous sand.


References:

211 Temper sand origins, Palau 2002 (Dickinson, W.)